Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts access to a computer system that it infects in some way, and demands that the user pay a ransom to the operators of the malware to remove the restriction.

Ransomware is honed in on small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises. In fact, 42% of SMBs consider crypto-ransomware to be the most significant threat they face today, in large part because they often lack the resources they need to defend against these type of attacks.